38982 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 139 / Friday, July 23, 2021 / Notices 

1See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

from India and the People’s Republic of China: 

Countervailing Duty Order (India) and Amended 

Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Countervailing Duty Order 

(People’s Republic of China), 81 FR 27977 (May 6, 

2016) (Orders). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 86 

FR 16701 (March 31, 2021). 

3See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘FiveYear (Sunset) Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

from the People’s Republic of China—Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ 

dated April 15, 2021; and ‘‘Five-Year (Sunset) 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from India— 

Domestic Interested Parties’ Notice of Intent to 

Participate,’’ dated April 15, 2021. 

4See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘FiveYear (Sunset) Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

from the People’s Republic of China—Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Substantive Response to Notice 

of Initiation,’ dated April 30, 2021 (China 

Substantive Response); and ‘‘Five-Year (Sunset) 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from India— 

Domestic Interested Parties’ Substantive Response 

to Notice of Initiation,’’ dated April 30, 2021 (India 

Substantive Response). 

5See CG Roxane’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Review of 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from China and 

Oman: Response to Notice of Institution,’’ dated 

May 3, 2021; and Niagara’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Review 

of Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from China: 

Response to Notice of Institution,’’ dated May 3, 

2021. 

6See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Review for 

April 2021,’’ dated May 21, 2021. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Expedited First Sunset 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Orders of 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from the People’s 

Republic of China and India,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 516A(e)(1), 

751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: July 19, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15743 Filed 7–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–025; C–533–862] 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

From the People’s Republic of China 

and India: Final Results of the 

Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the 

Countervailing Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited 

sunset reviews, the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) finds that 

revocation of the countervailing duty 

(CVD) orders on polyethylene 

terephthalate (PET) resin from the 

People’s Republic of China (China) and 

India would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of 

countervailable subsidies at the levels as 

indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of Sunset 

Review’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable July 23, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua A. DeMoss, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3362. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 6, 2016, Commerce published 

the CVD orders on PET resin from China 

and India in the Federal Register.1 On 

March 31, 2021, Commerce published 

the notice of initiation of the first sunset 

reviews of the Orders, pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act).2 Commerce 

received a notice of intent to participate 

from DAK Americas, LLC, Indorama 

Ventures USA Inc., and Nan Ya Plastics 

Corporation, America (collectively, 

domestic interested parties) within the 

deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i).3 Each claimed 

interested party status under section 

771(9)(C) of the Act as domestic 

producers engaged in the production of 

PET resin in the United States. 

On April 30, 2021, Commerce 

received a substantive response from the 

domestic interested parties within the 

30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(3)(i).4 On May 3, 2021, two 

respondent interested parties, CG 

Roxane, LLC (CG Roxane) and Niagara 

Bottling, LLC (Niagara), filed 

substantive responses pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.218(d)(3), to the record of the 

China sunset review.5 However, for the 

substantive responses of respondent 

interested parties to be considered 

adequate under this regulation, the 

respondents must account for, on 

average, more than 50 percent (volume 

or value) of total exports during the fiveyear period preceding the year of 

publication of the initiation notice, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(A). 

CG Roxane and Niagara failed to 

demonstrate this. We did not receive a 

substantive response from any other 

interested party in these proceedings. 

On May 21, 2021, Commerce notified 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) that it did not receive 

an adequate substantive response from 

respondent interested parties.6 As a 

result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 

conducted expedited (120-day) sunset 

reviews of these Orders. 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by these 

orders is polyethylene terephthalate 

(PET) resin having an intrinsic viscosity 

of at least 0.70, but not more than 0.88, 

deciliters per gram. The scope includes 

blends of virgin PET resin and recycled 

PET resin containing 50 percent or more 

virgin PET resin content by weight, 

provided such blends meet the intrinsic 

viscosity requirements above. The scope 

includes all PET resin meeting the 

above specifications regardless of 

additives introduced in the 

manufacturing process. The 

merchandise subject to these orders is 

properly classified under subheading 

3907.60.00.30 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Although the HTSUS subheading is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise covered by these orders is 

dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in these sunset 

reviews are addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, including the 

likelihood of continuation or recurrence 

of countervailable subsidies and the net 

countervailable subsidy likely to prevail 

if the Orders were revoked.7 The Issues 

and Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Services System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/ 

index.html. A list of the issues 

discussed in the decision memorandum 

is attached at the appendix to this 

notice. 

Final Results of Sunset Reviews 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines 

that revocation of the Orders would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of countervailable subsidies 

at the following rates: 


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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 139 / Friday, July 23, 2021 / Notices 38983 

1See Methionine from Japan: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances and Postponement of 

Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 86 FR 12625 (March 4, 2021) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Methionine from Japan,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

3See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Documentation,’’ dated March 17, 2021; see also 

Sumitomo Chemical’s Letter, ‘‘Methionine from 

Japan: Resubmission of March 25, 2021 Verification 

Questionnaire Response,’’ dated April 6, 2021. 

Manufacturer/producer/exporter 

Net 

countervailable 

subsidy rate 

(percent) 

PET Resin From China 

Xingyu ....................................... 7.53 

Dragon Group ........................... 47.56 

All Others .................................. 27.55 

PET Resin From India 

Dhunseri .................................... 5.12 

JBF Industries Limited .............. 153.80 

All Others .................................. 5.12 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to the 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written 

notification of the destruction of APO 

materials or conversion to judicial 

protective order is hereby requested. 

Failure to comply with the regulations 

and terms of an APO is a violation 

which is subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: July 16, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Orders 

IV. History of the Orders 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy 

2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates 

Likely to Prevail 

3. Nature of the Subsidies 

VII. Final Results of Review 

VIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2021–15662 Filed 7–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–879] 

Methionine From Japan: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Final 

Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

methionine from Japan are being, or are 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV) for the 

period of investigation July 1, 2019, 

through June 30, 2020. 

DATES: Applicable July 23, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Scully, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0572. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 4, 2021, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the LTFV investigation of methionine 

from Japan, in which we also postponed 

the final determination until July 19, 

2021.1 We invited interested parties to 

comment on the Preliminary 

Determination. A summary of the events 

that occurred since Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination may be found in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.2

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is methionine from Japan. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All the issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs that were submitted by 

parties in this investigation are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is attached to this notice 

as Appendix II. The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is on file electronically via Enforcement 

and Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/index.html. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation. 

However, we took additional steps in 

lieu of an on-site verification to verify 

the information relied upon in making 

this final determination, in accordance 

with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act).3

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received, we have made 

certain changes to the margin 

calculations for Sumitomo Chemical 

Company, Ltd. (Sumitomo Chemical). 

For a discussion of these changes, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters not 

individually investigated shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for Sumitomo Chemical. 

Therefore, the only rate which is not 

zero, de minimis, or determined entirely 

under section 776 of the Act is the rate 

calculated for Sumitomo Chemical. 

Consequently, the rate calculated for 

Sumitomo Chemical is also assigned as 

the rate for all other producers and 

exporters. 


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